Persephone's (Gothic) Insights

This page samples my " Silksong Symposium" (2025)—specifically "Kicking Things Off," or the portion dedicated to reviewing and studying the game; it includes a "Pros and Cons (tl;dr)" module, as well as my review for Act I and Act II (the base game), and the entirety of gameplay notes and screencaps taken while playing through the game. So you can see what this sample leaves out , I've also included the full table of contents (and disclaimers, above and below the table of contents). Note: The reason for sharing this section, solo, is because its parent symposium is actually quite large (roughly 256 pages*, as of writing this); i.e., with the pros/cons section, game review and gameplay notes sandwiched between a lengthy introduction and preface, layers-upon-layers of theory (and reiterations of my past work the symposium connects to), future essay ideas, and more. None of that is included here, though. If you want all the theory this sample mentions (...